Chicken roost



Aug. 11, 1925. 1,549,280

E. WOLLAM 7 CHICKEN ROOST Filed Sept. 27, 1924 INVENTO R 71 Mild/72 BY m ATTORNEYS Patented Aug. 11, 1925.

UNITED STATES ELI WOLLAM, OF DECATUR, ILLINOIS.

CHICKEN BOOST.

Application filed September 27, 1924. Serial No. 740,341.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ELI W'oLLA-M, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Decatur, in the county of Macon and State of Illinois, have invented a new and Improved Chicken Roost, of which the following is a description.

My invention relates to a chicken roost andparticularly to a roost having means associated therewith to contain a disinfecting and fumigating substance.

The general object of my invention is to provide a sanitary roost in which a fumigating preparation will be so contained beneath the roost, that the fumes thereof may rise and be disseminated among the feathers of the roosting chickens thereby avoiding the necessity of subjecting individual chickens to a treatment to remove, destroy or exterminate lice and mites and preserving the health of chickens, as well as increasing their length of life and their productiveness.

A more specific object of the invention is to provide a closure for covering the container for the fumigating substance during the day so as to conserve the fumigating substance and prevent waste thereof when the chickens are not roosting.

The manner and means whereby the above and other objects are attained will clearly appear as the description proceeds.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, it being understood that the drawings are merely illustrative of one example of the invention.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a plurality of roosts embodying my invention in one form;

Figure 2 is a partly sectional side elevation of one of the roosts;

Figure 3 is a plan view of one of the roosts;

Figure 4 is an enlarged cross section on the line 44 of Figure 3.

In carrying out my invention in accordance with the illustrated example, a plurality of roosts 10 are provided held by keepers 11 in a frame 12. At the under side of the roost is a trough-like container 13 adapted to receive suitable fowl fumigating substance such as a mixture containing creosote, coal oil and carbolic acid. The roost is formed with an opening to permit fumes to rise from the fumigating material through the roost but in the illustrated form the opening provided is through the medium of a longitudinal vertical slot 14 in the roost 10. I have shown U-shaped wire bands 15 extending about the trough 13 and brought upward to the top of the roost 10 at the sides, the terminals 16 of the bands being clown-turned at the side walls of the slot 14. A longitudinal cover 17 is provided in the slot 14 of roost 10 to effect a closure of said slot when the chickens are not roosting. Said cover 17 is on a shaft 18 the ends of which project at each end of the trough through the end closures 19 common to the slot 14 and to the trough 13. Said end closures 19 are fastened to the trough to aid materially in sustaining the trough in position suspended at the under side of the roost 10 and close against the same.

The upper edges of the trough 13 are inturned at 113 and disposed in close contact with the under side of the roost 10 at each side of slot 14.

One end of the shaft 18 is formed with a crank arm 20 for closing the cover 17 from the raised open position to a horizontal position extending across and closing the slot 14. In the illustrated example the shafts 18 of the several troughs 10 are connected to an operating bar 21 provided with a handle or lever 20 so that all the shafts may be rocked for simultaneously opening or closing the several covers 17. The frame 12 may be of any approved form and sustained by any suitable means. In the illustrated example the frame is shown in an inclined position with the bottom bar 23 adapted to be rested on the ground, the upper end of the frame being supported by legs. 24.

It will be readily understood that with the described roost and its container for fumigating material, when the chickens are roosting and the cover 17 raised, the fumes will rise through the slot 14 and disseminate themselves among the feathers of the chickens. Inasmuch as the chickens effectively cover the slot 14 a contamination of thls,1 roost or trough by droppings is imposs1 e.

I would state in conclusion that while the be considerably varied without departure from the spirit of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

1. A chicken roost having a trough-like container held at the under side of the roost adapted to contain a fumigating ma terial, said roost having a longitudinal slot therein through which the fumes from the trough may rise; together with a closure optionally operable to prevent the fumes from rising or to permit the same to rise.

2. A chicken roost having a trough-like container held at the under side of the roost adapted to contain a fumigating material, said roost having a longitudinal slot therein through which the fumes from the trough may rise; together with a closure optionally operable to prevent the fumes from rising or to permit the same to rise, a shaft on which said closure is mounted so that the rocking of the shaft will operate the closure, and a crank at the end of the shaft as well as means to connect a plurality of the cranks to simultaneously operate a plurality of the closures in unison.

ELI WOLLAM. 

